Other Question about eSim

[RossMc]

If you use eSim in your iPhone does it make your normal SIM card useless?

Just I have just got an iPhone 11 and have my old iPhone 8+ which I’m going to use for work as I work on a construction site and I’m not going to be as bothered if I end up breaking the 8+ at work as I would if I took the 11.

Just wondering if I could set up eSIM on the 11 and have my normal SIM card in the 8+ like with the same number instead of having to keep swapping the SIM card from phones.

 

[ZipZap]

Yes, that is the typical configuration. Move over your SIM.

 

[techiegirl]

No. You can’t have esim on one phone and physical sim on another with same #. Once you activate the esim, the physical sim is no longer active.

 

[ZipZap]

Missed that. Correct the eSIM and the nano Sim cannot share the same number. You can have 2 different numbers in the same phone.